The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity

Analysis

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity reported income of £557k and spending of £329k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £725k to £557k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African and Caribbean Mental Health Services (£556k), John Jackson Charitable Trust (£557k) and St Augustine's Community Care Trust (£556k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £302k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £302k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.